Story Of The War In South Africa. 1899-1900
A. T Mahan. U. S. N, Captain
Alfred Thayer Mahan was born in West Point, New York to Dennis Hart Mahan (a professor at the United States Military Academy) and Mary Helena Mahan. He studied at Columbia for two years and then, transferred to the Naval Academy.
Commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861, Mahan served the Union in the American Civil War as an officer and as an instructor at the Naval Academy. In 1865, he was promoted to lieutenant commander, and then to commander ...